Help the world

Today in Human Geography we were given the choice to work in groups or by yourself. We had to find some type of foundations that would help people in need and more focused of Africa. I choose to work by myself just because I figured it would be easier and faster. We had an open source document so you could post on it and everybody in the room would see it immediately. It was really cool because you could see all the people typing. I one foundation that I posted was Freerice.com. It is an easy and fun way to help feed hungry people around the world. What would do is go to their website and pick a category. They have many from math, science, and world hunger questions. If you pick the right category it is actually really fun. You just answer questions and for everyone you get right they will donate 10 grains of rice to a country in need. If we can get a lot of people to do it then we could seriously make a big difference in hungry in a country such as Africa. 

The end of the movie

Today in Human Geo we watch the rest of the movie. It was happy because John was finally able to bring his mother and sister to him. It was especially happy because she has not seen her son in seventeen years. She was so happy she was on the ground crying and singing some African song all the way thought the airport. So now John has his Bachelor’s degree and has a foundation. His foundation is for letting people be aware of the war in Sudan. Panther went back to Africa to marry his girlfriend. Daniel is still in America and working in the job core. He, unlike Panther and John, has not been reunited with any of his family. We were going to see if John could come to our school to speak but he want six to ten thousand dollars and were not sure if you can raise the money.   

More of God grew tired of us

Today in Geo class we watched some more of the movie God Grew Tired of Us. In the movie we followed closely with three men John, Daniel, and Panther. Daniel and Panther went to live in Pittsburgh. John went and lived in New York. They didn’t know how to do anything in America. On the plane they ate a butter stick and hand sanitizer towels. They have never seen so much food. Daniel and Panther are living in an apartment which they have never even heard of.   A man had to show them everything from turning on a lamp to taking a shower because they have never used electricity. Where they were living they didn’t have anything they have now so it’s no surprise that they don’t know how to use it all.  I hope tomorrow we will continue to watch the movie because I am really enjoying it. 

Sudan Movie

 Today in Human Geo we got our test back and stated to watch the movie. I didn’t finish my test because I didn’t see that there was a back of the second page. I went in the hallway and finished. I was not that happy with how I did. I think I could have done a lot better but something happened and I didn’t do too well. The movie we are watching is called “God Grew Tired of Us”. It is a documentary by national Geographic.  This movie is about the Sudan civil war. This war was between the north and south of Sudan. The war was started in 1983. The beginning was mainly interview and a boy talking about what it was like before the war started. They were cattle farmers.  When the war started everybody fled. A lot of the boys got separated from their parents so they started mini families to take care of each other. Nobody wanted to go back because the risk of getting killed was too high. They ended up at a refugee camp in Kenya.

First test and Sudan

Today in class we took our first test. I didn’t know we had a test because I wasn’t there that day but I should have read his blog because it was mentioned on it. I think I did pretty well. I really liked the layout of the test. He told us to write about the Sudan civil war so here it is. The second Sudan civil war was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between their government and the people of Sudan.  About two million people had died because of the war and the effects of it. Four million people is southern Sudan have been displaced at least once during the war. The toll of all the civilian deaths is one of the greatest since World War two.  Some of the things that caused this war were natural resources, racial discrimination, and religious discrimination. The people from south Sudan had all the rich resources and the people from the other part did not so they wanted some of it. Central Sudan is right next to the Sudan desert and the desert doesn’t supply anything and that’s why they don’t have any natural resources. The south part is next to the Nile which is why they have more.  The central wanted some of the South’s stuff so they started the war. It ended in 2005.

I Wasn't In Class

I was not in class Thursday and Friday because I was sick.

Our World Today

Today in my favorite class (Human Geo) we talked about the world and more specifically about its population. Today, right now, the world’s population is over SEVEN BILLION people. It’s gaining more than 77 million per year. 90 percent of that comes from developing countries. Some of these countries are Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America. The United States is a devolving country. A devolving country is one that doesn’t have a strong government or bad health care. Males born in 2012 are expected to live until age 76. Females are expected to live to age 81. Females seem to live longer in just about every county. The reason for this is because males are the ones fighting in wars and working manual labor jobs. This brings there life expectancy way down.  We learned that the net migration rate is the difference between the people entering a country and leaving it. All of this information can be found at the CIA world fact book which is a great source for reliable info.